From: blenderdumbass . org

On June 26th ( two days ago ) PewDiePie ( who I believe needs no introduction ) released another video in his liberation saga. This time titled I'm DONE with Google. In this video he goes over his process of getting "de-google-efied", or as he clarifies toward the end of the video, his process of getting rid of his reliance on B...

Read or listen: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/did_pewdiepie_just_crack_the_code_for_how_to_present_libre_software_

From: blenderdumbass . org

Most Free / Libre Software projects are maintained either by strong communities, or through some kind of donation system. Libre Games struggle with both aspects. There are community driven games, but those lack vision and coherent style, because different people contribute differently, on...

Read or listen: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/libre_games_and_making_money:_introducing_petitions

Depuis des années, nous nous revendiquons être une association d'éducation populaire.

Un de nos objectifs est d'aider la société civile à s'émanciper numériquement.

Nous savons que ce n'est pas chose aisée et c'est pourquoi nous avons ouvert, en collaboration avec le collectif #CHATONS, une plateforme de #MOOC (des cours en ligne) !

Pour découvrir les cours disponibles, rendez-vous sur https://mooc.chatons.org/ !

Wow, this just crossed my feed: https://www.euro-stack.info/docs/EuroStack_2025.pdf It describes the new 'EuroStack' of software, focused on helping the EU achieve digital sovereignty and arrest digital colonisation by US #BigTech. It's got a LOT of #libre - search on 'open source', 'open-source', and 'free'... There's also a lot about open standards compliance.

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Very interesting results of #AAAS survey on researcher positions on #OpenLicenses. Note that I'm over 70.
https://www.aaas.org/news/interests-concerns-and-knowledge-gaps-around-open-licenses

<blockquote>
* 42% of respondents — when asked what they prefer to do with #CCBY licensed content where they use it themselves— mentioned actions that don’t necessarily require this license, like reading work, or sharing it in the classroom.
* 29% of respondents say there should be no limitations on the #reuse of peer-reviewed research at all, with those older than 70 years of age feeling most strongly.
* 28% of respondents were concerned about reuses of work with a CC-BY license, largely related to possible misrepresentations of their work. Some cited concerns about misuse of their data for political gain.
* In general, younger researchers were slightly more concerned than their older counterparts about potential downstream misuses of their work.
* With respect to commercial reuses of published work, about 36% indicated that there are cases that excite them, while roughly 63% indicated that there are cases that worry them. The latter group’s concerns relate to the possibility of misrepresentation by media and other groups or individuals; use by unsanctioned entities seeking to make a profit; and training of #AI models without proper attribution.
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From: blenderdumbass . org

I decided since I don't understand how all of this works, I will just simply ask Jerry personally about all of this data and technical details, so that people will no longer be confused about all of this.

Includes an exclusive interview with Jerry.

Read or listen: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/clarifying_costs_of_running_the_fediverse_with_jerry_from_infosec.exchange

From: blenderdumbass . org

I developed a Libre replacement for the proprietary missile attack warnings app by פיקוד העורף, so I will not lose my freedom by trying to keep myself alive in the conflict with Iran.

Read: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/a_libre_replacement_software_for_people_stuck_at_war_in_israel

Title: The Battle for Wesnoth
️ What's: A libre high fantasy TBS game
️ https://www.wesnoth.org
️ https://github.com/wesnoth
️ https://fosstodon.org/@wesnoth
#LinuxGaming #ShareYourGames #Flagship #Strategy #Wargame
️ #Libre #Arch #RPM #Deb #Flatpak
️ https://lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO.html

️ Update: 1.19.13
Signific. vers. ️️️️️️
️ Changes: https://github.com/wesnoth/wesnoth/blob/master/changelog.md
️ From: ️ https://github.com/wesnoth/wesnoth/releases.atom

https://www.youtube.com/embed/4Ebww6utt9I
️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/zEXjOg6fQhY?start=114
️[fr] https://www.youtube.com/embed/?list=PLAn12aqlzEKA5Q5QUEhbJb1pmwo_49iyJ

Ça existe un #logiciel #libre et gratuit pour créer des #factures ? (Hormis un simple tableur libre office) ?

From: blenderdumbass . org

A large majority of people confuse privacy with data protection. And lately I'm noticing an uproar of ideologies that claim to be pro-freedom in one way or another, but which threaten freedom as a whole. I think there is a certain copyright mentality to them. Certain misunderstanding of ownership which makes fighting for freed...

Read or listen: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/the_copyright_mentality

@dhobern I keep coming back to it when I start to feel burned out from having used (exclusively) #libre software & advocated for it for (checks watch) 30ish years now.

For the record, I think corporations, in general, upon reaching a particular level of market share in a given context, are always in a race to the bottom, to the detriment of the globe. We're in that late stage now. None of 'BigTech' is worthy of anything but derision.

Complexity of Selling #FreeSoftware and #freedom in general to people.

https://https-vd.ch/2025/06/15/le-logiciel-talon-dachille-du-numerique-responsable-vaudois/

Découvrez le site du #HTTPS, le nouveau nom du #PartiPirateVaudois, obligé de rompre complètement les amarres avec le #PartiPirateSuisse, y compris en abandonnant la notion de #PartiPirate, pour ne pas être traîné dans ses dérives, et profitez-en pour lire l'analyse de @sebseb01 sur le #numérique #responsable à l' @etatdevaud et l'angle mort concernant le #libre et l' #opensource.

From: blenderdumbass . org

Most Free / Libre Software projects are maintained either by strong communities, or through some kind of donation system. Libre Games struggle with both aspects. There are community driven games, but those lack vision and coherent style, because different people contribute differently, on...

Read or listen: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/libre_games_and_making_money:_introducing_petitions